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[TUT] Build Metamorph themes on your phone!!

Originally posted in Vibrant section... Sorry if this is old news...
Go to market
Download mm, ninjamorph, silver edit, and astro.. While here pick up a random icon pack... (your first morph)
Open silver edit..pick new xml.. Here is a template. Replace the dashes - with less than/greater than < .. They won't show on xda
-?xml version="1.0"?-
-themename-Theme_Name-/themename-
-themeversion-1.x-/themeversion
-screenshot--/screenshot-
-author-that's you-/author-
-authorweblink--/authorweblink-
-phone-Samsung Vibrant-/phone
-rom-Stock-/rom-
-themedescription-whatever changes-/themedescription-
-item-your app.apk-/item-
-path-/system/app/-/path-
-description-changes the...-/description-
-item-framework-res.apk-/item-
-path-/system/framework/-/path-
-description-Morphs the ...-/description-
Open ninja morph, choose the apk you want to modify.. The images you want to change are in res folder in the drawable dir.. choose the icon and replace it with one out of the icon pack..
Open astro.. Go to android themes.. Make new directory, Theme_Name.. Open the workspace folder..this is where the changed apk is... Copy res folder.. Paste it inside Theme_Name.. Delete everything but drawable... Open the silver edit folder in astro and copy Theme_Name.xml and paste it with your new res folder... You just made a morph on your phone...
Open meta morph..start checks and chose existing... Click Theme_Name and Theme_Name.xml, apply all...
Your original images from your apk are in backup inside android themes...
Thanks stericson for 2 great apps
My phone has been flashed more than Girls Gone Wild..

nice tutto, as simply as look

This is awesome! Will be sending many folks this way. Thanks!

This is confirmed working.. I have made 3 morphs this method and even uploaded them with dropbox from my phone...
My comp up and died on me so I needed a way to keep me busy
...speaking of, I have a talent show to practice for...
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I did everything by the guide in the first post but when I try to install the theme in metamorph I get the error The theme you selected is invalid because the theme control file could be missing, or is not correctly written.
Any help would be much appreciated.

The thread says ninjamorph not matamorph I think that may be the prob
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No I've done the nijamorph part then I go into metamorph for the last part and I get that error.

My fault bro sorry my dumb ass missed that mayb that why I can't get it to work lol
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Can tell the majority of people here are men, I'm a girl
Managed to do it by using just nijamorph, took a while though.
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This is sick man! Is there a way I can possibly extract .png's from a cm7 theme and morph them over to another theme?
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Put your current status bar directly into aosp Froyo

Can I move the status bar drawables directly into the roms framework?
Replace the images like when mixing themes?
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I'm going to make a copy and try it. Will post results.
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Are you going to charge folks to do it for them, if we tell you?

Nah no more conning lol... I just did it I'm going to flash and see if it works now
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If it does then I'll just put the instructions I did in here
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Works
Works flawlessly man this is smokin fast ... Faster than my n1 with froyo so i'm happy... and the only problem is the text is not white. how to get the text white? is this rom not deodexed so u can change text color?
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I just went into the theme that i wanted to put into my froyo rom, navigate to framework > res > drawable-hdpi > dump that whole directory into your roms framework > res > drawable-hdpi
Then, save the new archive, put it back on your SD card n flash. Enjoy!
For now, if we cant get the white text working, you can have the rest of your theme now(in case your like me and cant stand how vanilla aosp looks)... Enjoy!

are you on JT's aosp?

yeah. i'm trying to figure out how to get the text white now
Edit: don't know if rom is deodexed, but if not i'm going to have to deodex it before i can get the text white. someone who knows if it is or not plz let me know so i know what to do next.

akaine2001 said:
Works flawlessly man this is smokin fast ... Faster than my n1 with froyo so i'm happy... and the only problem is the text is not white. how to get the text white? is this rom not deodexed so u can change text color?
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I just went into the theme that i wanted to put into my froyo rom, navigate to framework > res > drawable-hdpi > dump that whole directory into your roms framework > res > drawable-hdpi
Then, save the new archive, put it back on your SD card n flash. Enjoy!
For now, if we cant get the white text working, you can have the rest of your theme now(in case your like me and cant stand how vanilla aosp looks)... Enjoy!
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Not all the image.names.are.going to.be the.same between aosp and touchwiz....in fact 1/4 or more are.different and you have to recombine frameworks
Edit: don't know if rom is deodexed, but if not i'm going to have to deodex it before i can get the text white. someone who knows if it is or not plz let me know so i know what to do next.[/QUOTE]
Jt always deodexes his roms...,changing text color is an xml edit and requires decompiling the.framework making the proper.edits and recompiling

nitsuj17 LOL tell him

Can I do it? Do I need to get smali do'it the xml edits. can't take the vanilla look anymore. And I'm NOT going back to eclair since the three things I don't use are broken only
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I did what the instructions say and the only problem is the black text and I want to change font. How should we go about this next (since someone is probably going to try it when I get it right ando post my example screen.
Transparent as this thread oid supposed to be why can't you help nitsu u know noone going to help me but if someone else started this they would.
So what next is recompiling after the color edits correct? How to do this?
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You'd have more success just grabbing a 2.2 framework from the nexus or whatever phone with aosp froyo then using that framework.
My memory is failing me but the color of text is controlled by either services.jar or framework.jar.

akaine2001 said:
I did what the instructions say and the only problem is the black text and I want to change font. How should we go about this next (since someone is probably going to try it when I get it right ando post my example screen.
Transparent as this thread oid supposed to be why can't you help nitsu u know noone going to help me but if someone else started this they would.
So what next is recompiling after the color edits correct? How to do this?
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you have to decompile the framework...edit the xml files....recompile correctly either with apktool or apkmanager
you have to backsmali the service.jar...make your smali edits....then smali to compile it all in a terminal

Then you have white text.
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akaine2001 said:
Then you have white text.
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[Q] Question about statusbar?

I am attempting to change the look of the statusbar at the top if at all possible. I am running ComRom 1.3 and would like to change the statusbar as the green just doesn't work for me. Can anyone help me?

You could always use 7zip to get into the file and replace all the .pngs that you want. But beware, there are a LOT of files that would need to be replaced. The battery icon alone is over 100 files. Signal bars is around 8, etc.
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Statusbar_background.9, just change the color of it using photoshop or whatever

I was wondering if I could get the all file or files and use root explorer to obtain the desired status bar.
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TedLWJR said:
I was wondering if I could get the all file or files and use root explorer to obtain the desired status bar.
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No.
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I've tried to change the status bar in the theme that I'm running to transparent using 7-zip and gimp, I can change it but when I reload my theme in recovery and reboot my phone, the signal bars have an X over theme and I can't make any calls. I'm not extracting the .png files just editing theme and saving the .png9 files with draw 9 patch, but still cant get it to work. Any thoughts?

nitroglycerine33 said:
No.
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You could use ninjamorph to decompile the framework-res and TWFramework-res.
Ninjamorph will decompile and recompile an .apk without the need to resign it. After ninjamorph decompiles the .apk use root explorer to copy the files you want to use, make sure they are named correctly. Now navigate to androthemes/workspace folder that ninjamorph created for you and now holds your decompiled .apk's and push the files to framework-res/res/drawable_hdpi or drawable-hdpi-v4 it will overwrite the exsisting files. Now go back to ninjamorph and select finish. It will recompile the .apk and ask you if you want to replace it. Say yes, then say yes to zipalign.apk and finally select no for clean-up.
Your phone will go black for about 10sec then reboot.. JUST WAIT it will reboot. If all went well your statusbar will be changed. MAKE A NANDROID BACKUP 1st. Also you can go to youtube and watch a video on ninjamorph. Its a great app. If you need help just PM me....
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adude247 said:
I've tried to change the status bar in the theme that I'm running to transparent using 7-zip and gimp, I can change it but when I reload my theme in recovery and reboot my phone, the signal bars have an X over theme and I can't make any calls. I'm not extracting the .png files just editing theme and saving the .png9 files with draw 9 patch, but still cant get it to work. Any thoughts?
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If you already have the transparent images. Ninjamorph will work for you too. I first used ninjamorph to swap out my battery.png's it worked flawlessly. Go to youtube and search ninjamorph. Watch a couple videos. ninjamorph is free in the market.
Also you need to have transparency enabled. Simply swapping a solid image for a transparent one wont work......
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Thank you for your help on this matter. I will start working on it immediately, again, Thanks

I've gotten the status bar transparent, the only thing that I can't get is there is a thin black line on the bottom of my status bar, I've changed everything that I could think of but still cant get it to go away, I'm combining two themes now to see if that will work.

Changing status bar to classic version?

So I want to change my statusbar to the classic style. (The white version from 2.2 and back) So I was wondering if there is a way to do this. I have a rooted samsung exhibit 2 4g running Rebel Rom 2.1. Any help appreciated

Ok.

yes there is. first grab the statusbar.apk from somewhere (anywhere). then replace the current statusbar.apk with the new one. reboot after. note that it may not work depending on screen size. you may status-brick your phone. (if you know what i mean)
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I'm a little new to this. So where in root explorer would that apk be? And where would I find this apk and would it automatically change to the classic version after I replace the old one?
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goto /system/apps (different on nearly every phone) and then replace. the status bar will be missing at first so do a reboot. if you cant find the statusbar.apk file then there is an explorer out there (root) that allows you to search for it. im not sure if root ex has it but try anyway. remember to find one designed for your device. (or one which screen size matches) or you could status-brick your phone. as always something could go wrong if you play about with it so i take no responsibility and assure you if you follow all instructions...both instructions (XD) correctly then you should have what you want.
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Ok got that so now my only question is where would I find the classic status bar apk and this guide on xda on how to do it
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brokenAndroid93 said:
Ok got that so now my only question is where would I find the classic status bar apk and this guide on xda on how to do it
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i dont know. try download a rom. extract it and find statusbar.apk (rom must be for you phone) try find a rom with that version of android
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lol @ statusbar.apk
You want to look in framework folders for the pngs for the status bar

Adamsville MITM said:
lol @ statusbar.apk
You want to look in framework folders for the pngs for the status bar
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More likely in systemui.apk, located in /system/app...

Well there aren't any roms with that version for my phone. So what would be my next option?
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There's a Retro Android theme for CM7 somewhere. That'll have all the icons to make then hopefully you/someone can help create the theme.
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Thank you

I have that apk. So what your saying is that I need to find someone who can use this apk to make a status bar apk out of it? Could I replace the current status bar apk with the Retro Droid apk?
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Yes. Just find the right file.
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But since its just a theme wouldn't it not be considered part of the system UI?
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Depends on the file your replacing ....
I'm gonna try to make the GB statusbar froyo. Tell you how it went
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With the icons and all? If successful please let me have it lol. Btw I'm replacing SystemUI.apk
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system ui is only icons and out line. example: hold power to get a menu. the icons will be different and maybe the outline a different colour. thats it. the icons also involve check boxes and things. not settings though.
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OK, well the forum for rebel rom 2.1 said that systemui.apk is the status bar.apk for that rom. So if I delete systemui.apk and replace it with retrodroid.apk. will I get my desired goal?
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Why not just try UOT Kitchen?

Transparent Notification Tray in Zeus.

I was wondering how I could make the notifications tray transparent in the Zeus rom. I dont want to change anything else in the rom. Is there a file I could modify, or a flashable zip I could flash?
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wagstuff13 said:
I was wondering how I could make the notifications tray transparent in the Zeus rom. I dont want to change anything else in the rom. Is there a file I could modify, or a flashable zip I could flash?
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Google
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go to uot..dakra.lt/kitchen/
then go to "file upload tab" upload the framework.res.apk, systemui.apk and do the rest
then go to the "status bar" tab and click use this mod
now check the transparency in status bar
finally go to summary and wait to collect your work
flash it via cwm

theaks30 said:
go to uot..dakra.lt/kitchen/
then go to "file upload tab" upload the framework.res.apk, systemui.apk and do the rest
then go to the "status bar" tab and click use this mod
now check the transparency in status bar
finally go to summary and wait to collect your work
flash it via cwm
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Thanks. I knew you could do it this way but i wondered if there was a faster way.
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you can do it by yourself.
For first start you can read this tutorial
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1225432
For make notification area background to transparent, the file that you need to modify is status_bar_background.png in SystemUI.apk\res\drawable-hdpi
(Open SystemUI.apk using winrar)
You can modify that status_bar_background.png to transparent using image editor (photoshop, etc) or use other png file that already transparent. For example, you can take status_bar_background.png from LG UI 3 Theme, drag and drop it to your SystemUI.apk like in Huexxx tutorial, then push it to /system/app

t0g3 said:
you can do it by yourself.
For first start you can read this tutorial
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1225432
For make notification area background to transparent, the file that you need to modify is status_bar_background.png in SystemUI.apk\res\drawable-hdpi
(Open SystemUI.apk using winrar)
You can modify that status_bar_background.png to transparent using image editor (photoshop, etc) or use other png file that already transparent. For example, you can take status_bar_background.png from LG UI 3 Theme, drag and drop it to your SystemUI.apk like in Huexxx tutorial, then push it to /system/app
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I copied my SystemUI.apk to the root of my sd using Root Explorer. I then connected to my pc. Then I replaced the status_bar_background.png with the one in the SystemUI.apk from the LG UI 3 theme. I then moved the SystemUI.apk back to my /system/app/ folder an rebooted. All that did was make my whole status bar dissapear and unusable. Where did I go wrong?
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Maybe you need to change permission
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